Young Adult Access Centers: A Massachusetts Model for Supporting Young Adults with Behavioral Health Challenges

• By: Holly Swan Carter Pratt Michael Vassello Gustavo Carvajal ForHealth Consulting at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Betsy Edes Heidi Holland Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
• April 16th, 2025
• community-based services, employment support, housing assistance, mental health, peer mentorship, services, Spring 2025 Issue, transition to adulthood, trauma-informed care, young adult
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The Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH) Young Adult Access Centers are unique community spaces that serve young adults with mental health and co-occurring behavioral health concerns and support them with their transition to adulthood. These 10 Access Centers are tailored to young people...

Supporting Youths in Their Recovery Journey to Adulthood

• By: Andrea Smyth David Rossetti Leonardo I. Rodriguez
• January 1st, 2017
• care coordination, children’s behavioral health, home and community-based services, Medicaid redesign, service integration, transition age youth, transition to adulthood, youth mental health services
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The New York State children’s behavioral health community is in the last stages of redesigning the children’s behavioral health Medicaid benefits. Once approved by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS), the new benefits will represent the most significant expansion of children’s...

How ABA Improved Executive Functioning Deficits

• By: Tiffany Salmon, RBT Rhea Rodriques, RBT Amanda Duva, BCaBA Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• July 1st, 2016
• Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), college support, employment, independence, intellectual disability, self-advocacy, skill development, transition to adulthood
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Rosie is a young woman in her early 20s, who attends one of the senior CUNY colleges in New York City, Baruch University. Rosie is diagnosed with mild intellectual disability and schizoaffective disorder. She entered into her third year of her bachelor program in January 2015 realizing that she had...